3. The Indiana Ice announced they will take next season off while they search for a permanent home arena. The junior hockey league team, which opens its Clark Cup finals series against the Waterloo Black Hawks, has new competition for fans in the minor-league Indy Fuel, which begins play in its inaugural season at the newly refurbished State Fairgrounds Coliseum.

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4. Private schools across Indiana are nearing capacity under the state's 3-year-old voucher program. That space crunch could force lawmakers to consider providing money to expand buildings. Public schools rely on property taxes for capital needs; should private schools now also be allowed to draw on those tax dollars?

6. Speaking of suffrage, here's a radical notion: Should the General Assembly, rather than primary voters, nominate our U.S. Senate candidates? That's what Attorney General Greg Zoeller is proposing. His idea is a twist on the conservative Tea Party's call for a full repeal of the 17th Amendment, ratified in 1913, which provides for our current direct election of senators by U.S. citizens. What do you think of this idea?

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7. Feeling uninspired on this Monday morning? You've got to read about 6-year-old Owen Mahan, who suffered burns over 98 percent of his body when he was two years old and living in Lawrence, Kansas. Adopted in September 2012 by a Pittsboro couple, he's now a part of the University of Indianapolis baseball team.

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Six-year-old Owen Mahan, Pittsboro, who suffered burns over 98 percent of his body when he was two years old and living in Lawrence, Kansas, is part of the University of Indianapolis baseball team. Owen gets to go on the field and in the dugout with the team before and after games.
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Six-year-old Owen Mahan, Pittsboro, who is a part of the University of Indianapolis baseball team, and his mother Susan Mahan went to watch the team play the University of Southern Indiana at Westfield's Grand Park on Saturday.
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Six-year-old Owen Mahan, Pittsboro, sits next to University of Indianapolis baseball pitchers Jordan Tackett, center, and Matt Kaplanis as they use the radar gun to record the speed of pitches thrown by Evan Eyer.
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Six-year-old Owen Mahan, Pittsboro, sits with his mother Susan and brother Tyler, 10, right, in the stands as the University of Indianapolis baseball team plays the University of Southern Indiana .
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Six-year-old Owen Mahan, Pittsboro, who suffered burns over 98 percent of his body when he was two years old and living in Lawrence, Kansas, is part of the University of Indianapolis baseball team.
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Six-year-old Owen Mahan, Pittsboro, who is a part of the University of Indianapolis baseball team, watches the team's game against the University of Southern Indiana with his mother Susan Mahan at Westfield's Grand Park.
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Six-year-old Owen Mahan, Pittsboro, who suffered burns over 98 percent of his body when he was two and living in Lawrence, Kansas, is part of the University of Indianapolis baseball team.
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Six-year-old Owen Mahan, Pittsboro, who suffered burns over 98 percent of his body when he was two years old and living in Lawrence, Kansas, is part of the University of Indianapolis baseball team. He has his own Greyhounds jersey bearing his name and the number 1.
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9. In case you missed it: Joel McHale got off some good zingers during Saturday's White House Correspondents Dinner, also known as Washington, D.C.'s "nerd prom." But President Barack Obama had the best barb: "These days, House Republicans give John Boehner a harder time than they give me. Which means orange really is the new black."

-- Did I also mention I'm excited about the return of "Louis"??? We're being treated to Season 4 of Louis C.K.'s quirky-cool series starting tonight at 10 p.m. on FX. While it's sometimes not laugh-out-loud funny, the comedian's self-produced project is always original. Recommend.

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